The (Yi Hai, the first month, the ninth day), February 16, 1959, Castro served as the Prime Minister of the Government of Cuba. Born in August 1926 Sunrise



the Cuba opposition leader Fidel Castro
Castro, Cuba than the town of Portland, the former East Province, graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Havana in 1950, was Doctor of Laws degree. In college, he actively participated in the patriotic student movement. July 26, 1953, Castro led a group of revolutionary youth held an armed uprising against the Batista dictatorship, to attack the eastern Cuban city of Santiago Moncada barracks. Failure after his arrest, he published in the court of the famous self-defense and the word "history will be pronounced my innocence". Released in May 1955 (history com) He was exiled to the United States and Mexico, created in ink during the July 26 Movement.
1956, he returned to Cuba once again launched an armed uprising, and created the rebel army and the revolutionary base areas, to carry out a guerrilla war in the Sierra Maestra mountains. In January 1959, he led the Cuban people to overthrow the Batista dictatorship, the victory of the revolution. After the establishment of the revolutionary government, Castro served as the Prime Minister (later renamed the Chairman of the Council of Ministers), 1976, he was appointed Chairman of the Council of State and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. 1962 served as the first secretary of the Unity Party of Cuba's socialist revolution. After 1965, the party was renamed the Communist Party of Cuba, he served as the first secretary of the Central Committee so far.
Cuban opposition leader Fidel Castro